LOL...she's coming from the right industry in todays marketSmorgass Bored said:Sadly, this position was just filled by a Real Estate agent.
Doug
( and you should see her carry that slate )

LOL...she's coming from the right industry in todays marketSmorgass Bored said:Sadly, this position was just filled by a Real Estate agent.
Doug
( and you should see her carry that slate )
Coming in Sept, Diamond Professional and ProAm certification course.Dawgie said:Don't take questions as a personal attack. They are legitimate questions. Let me add that I've contacted billiard co's and table manuf's. asking them to train me to set up and recover/repairs their tables.
Most gave no response. Some said that they only trained those who already work for a table distributor. What you proclaim to do is going to be one tough job.
Here is my suggestion - Start a travelling school to teach those who would like to learn your trade or to better their own career. See what type of response you get from offering this training.
realkingcobra said:Already talked to 25 mechanic's about coming to this training course![]()
Glen
realkingcobra said:Coming in Sept, Diamond Professional and ProAm certification course. Glen
I hear what you're saying Rick, it just so happens that these are all Diamond tables, some of them are the Professionals with 3 piece slates, and some are Professionals with 1 piece slates. So I guess I could call it the King Cobra Billiards training course on "Diamond" professional tablesDartman said:Randy Fromm did a similar thing for the arcade game industry however he didn't call it Midway, Atari, Bally, etc. - he called it the Randy Fromm school. Randy has quit traveling and all of his courses have been set on DVD's.
The certification course (we've talked about this before) is an excellent way to accomplish your goal of bringing the table mechanics trade to a higher level however you endeavor to reach all tables, not just Diamonds.
Now if Diamonds want to fund this course of instruction then I can see their name on it and then you can limit it to Diamond tables. If not I'd suggest you rethink this and label the program with your own name.
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watchez said:I still have to stop everytime I read the words billiard technician.
The receptionist @ my office that feels it is her job to be nosey in everyone's business, worry about when her next break is and thinks that answering the phone is the last on her list of job duties calls herself
The Director of First Impressions
and even has a sign up on the wall in front of her desk stating as such.
realkingcobra said:Coming in Sept, Diamond Professional and ProAm certification course.
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I haven't worked out all the details as of yet, just the location and tables.
Subjects covered will be:
1) Leveling 3 piece slates/Diamond Professionals.
2) Leveling 1 piece slates with Diamond's 26 point leveling system/Diamond ProAms.
3) Seaming slates/Diamond Professionals.
4) Cushion replacement/Diamond Professionals/.
5) Size cutting pockets/Diamond Professionals.
6) Installation of facings/Diamond Professionals.
7) Recovering rails/Diamond Professionals/ProAms.
8) Recovering 1 piece and 3 piece slates using the glueing method/Diamond Professionals/ProAms.
9) Pocket installation/Diamond Professionals/ProAms.
10) Installation of Simonis 860 cloth/Diamond Professionals/ProAms.
This will be after the sale of the DVDs that will be finished and in distribution.
The purpose of this course is to start the first certification program of it's kind. I'm sure you'll all have more questions, but this just to let you know it's coming, and it's going to take place in Mesa, AZ. this September.
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Already talked to 25 mechanic's about coming to this training course![]()
Glen
I don't know what's going to happen as of yet to tell you the truth, I won't know that until I get back to Diamond, and before I can get back there and park this truck, I still have things I have to get done, like delivering pool tables...because I won't leave my customers hanging, or involve them in this situation. I've always been willing to work with Diamond, that hasn't changed, I'm not saying we can't work things out, I just can't keep doing what I'm doing with the equipment I'm working with. I don't know if Diamond wants me to keep delivering pool tables anymore, maybe they want to go a different direction, who knows, that is their choice. Like I've said all along, I love my job, and can't see doing anything else. I have no fear of being unemployed, that is the least of my concerns, in fact, it's not even a concern, as the only way I could ever be unemployed is if I didn't want to work on pool tables anymore, and wanted to try something new, I don't know what I'd do, but something different. As of right now, I haven't changed my mind as to how I feel about things, but I am open to a different arrangement with Diamond. At this point, I'm not even sure a new/used truck would change that, not without some kind of a direction to work in. I like facing new challenges, setting new goals, delivering and setting up pool tables for me is kind of like child's play. Working with billiards technicians all over the country, now that would be exciting, and challenging, as well as personally rewarding to me, that I like.Ed Simmons said:Glen,
Didn't you resign? Why are you negotiating? Are you not a man of your word?
realkingcobra said:I hear what you're saying Rick, it just so happens that these are all Diamond tables, some of them are the Professionals with 3 piece slates, and some are Professionals with 1 piece slates. So I guess I could call it the King Cobra Billiards training course on "Diamond" professional tablesGlen
corvette1340 said:this is by far the best solution to maximize profit and keep costs lower IMO.
realkingcobra said:I would be willing to buy the truck, meaning if Diamond wants to finance it, I'll make the payments, until the truck is paid for, in which case it would belong to me in the end. Second. Which means, I would be responsible for any and all repairs for maintaining the truck out of my pocket. I would require however that Diamond maintain the truck under the umbrella of their insurance policy as insurance for a single truck, with as many miles as I drive, and the expense of the equipment I transport, the insurance would be to outrageous for a single truck.
BUT, the only way I'd be willing to do this is if Diamond would agree to some of the following things.
As I have always blamed the cloth manufactures, and pool table manufactures for the lack of expertise in my field of work, because they've always had the thought process that their obligation to their product stops once someone has bought it, unless its defective in some way, they've never made an effort to insure their products are maintained after the fact of the sale, this includes ALL manufactures in this type of industry as far as I'm concerned.
If I need to prove my point, I can have customers calling up asking who the manufactures recommend to service tables in their area.
So, if Diamond is willing, within the next 2 years, I'll build a support network of at least 100 billiards technicians that can not only pick up Diamond tables for distribution, but also service the said tables for years after the sale, as to insure that the Diamond tables are going to be maintained to the highest level possible, but this is not limited to Diamond tables alone, this is my industry, and feel strongly that a technician has to be able to work on all types of tables built, not just Diamonds![]()
In the course of delivering your tables, I'll post my routs in advance, and ask for the assistance of all those technicians that would like hands on training working with the installations of Diamond tables, and will in turn, pay them the setup price of them installations out of my delivery charges, in my effort to pull together the technicians in this country to insure that there are more of us trained to give better service to the customers AFTER the sale of what ever tables the customers purchase.
And to all those technicians that feel they have nothing left to learn, I guess you could always post $1,000 and we can find out about that on 1 Valley, 1 Brunswick GC, and 1 Diamond 9ft ProAm with the 26 point leveling system![]()
It's my goals to pull together the billiards technicians in this country for the betterment of this industry one way or another, as that is the last goal I have set for myself to Finnish before I retire to doing nothing but fishing![]()
Diamond, I know you care with all your hearts about your tables after they've been sold, but at the same time, you also know there's not much you can do about it, but there is something I can do, and I will do it.
So, I'm willing to continue giving my support to you, if you're willing to support my efforts to create a network of technicians to help FIX this problem of "less than knowledgeable" billiards technicians in this country.
I would really like to be able to just pick the tables up, head out, and meet up with technicians all around the country and have them doing the installs, I think that would be the best for all concerned. Then in 2 years, all you or anyone else needs to do...is play driver, and I think there's a lot of truck drivers out here that would love a job like this, just drive and meet up with the technicians, and drop off...and on to the next drop off point...it's easy, and trucking takes place everyday![]()
Glen, the Realkingcobra![]()
watchez said:I still have to stop everytime I read the words billiard technician.
The receptionist @ my office that feels it is her job to be nosey in everyone's business, worry about when her next break is and thinks that answering the phone is the last on her list of job duties calls herself
The Director of First Impressions
and even has a sign up on the wall in front of her desk stating as such.
That's cuteScott Lee said:watchez...LOL! My wife's business card, for our "business", says "Traveling College of Billiard Knowledge, Dean of Navigation."![]()
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
I could go along with that, if Diamond was willing to kick me back say, $250.00 for every table I cause the sale ofScott Lee said:Glen...This is, imo, a very solid concept. The only addition/change I would suggest, is that you should pay the cost of the insurance premium (under their umbrella policy)...it is, after all, your truck. The network of qualified installers is very marketable, and doable, I would think. I'm not sure why you need Diamond's support or permission to create this network, though. Good idea here...
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
One part of the reason I need Diamond's support, is because I at times need the use of their factory. It's hard to teach a class of say 10 mechanic's the process of installing rail cushions and facings, when you only have one set of rails to work with. At the factory, my students would have at least a full day of installing cushions, recovering rails, recovering slates, leveling tables, loading tables into carts, unloading tables from carts. And they'd have a better understanding of what goes into building a table from ground up. What better place to teach?Scott Lee said:Glen...This is, imo, a very solid concept. The only addition/change I would suggest, is that you should pay the cost of the insurance premium (under their umbrella policy)...it is, after all, your truck. The network of qualified installers is very marketable, and doable, I would think. I'm not sure why you need Diamond's support or permission to create this network, though. Good idea here...
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
realkingcobra said:One part of the reason I need Diamond's support, is because I at times need the use of their factory.
realkingcobra said:I could go along with that, if Diamond was willing to kick me back say, $250.00 for every table I cause the sale of![]()
Glen